Reflection

In my photographs of the city’s reflections, I capture the constant movement of New York City as a single frame of time in the long and ever-changing life of the city. The photos show an image reflected off various windows in the five boroughs, while also giving the viewer a glimpse of what lies behind that window. Each photograph represents a specific time and place in the city’s history, one that will never be repeated again as the contents behind the window are renewed, the buildings transform, and the seasons change.

In addition to the flux, New York is also a city of layers, from the depths of the subways to the tops of its tallest buildings. These photographs honor the many layers of New York as represented in the reflective surface of the windows. The images in the photographs overlap – sometimes harmoniously, sometimes discordantly - with each other, creating a unified image from the many represented. This new image literally reflects the city’s many layers and constant movement. The window represented becomes a mirror for all of New York City to look both at and within itself.

Orchids

2012

Spring Collection

2014

Manhattan Avenue

2014

Guitar Shop

2014

beauty

2014

Pink Capris

2014

The Fat Radish

2014

Massage

2014

Madison Park

2014

Kinky Boots

2014

Empire

2014

Jay Street Wigs

2014

The Third Eye

The Third Eye in popular culture is referred to as “a mystical and esoteric concept of a speculative invisible eye which provides perception beyond ordinary sight.” This project explores the idea of repetition, created and real memories, questions of scale, and the concept of the multi-verse. The figures exist in an environment that is either completely fabricated or based on memories of real places. Each figure exists with multiple faces with three or more eyes attached to a seemingly normal body creating a confusing narrative which at first glance looks relatively normal.

Elevated Subway

watercolor and sumi ink on paper, 2018

Auburn, Massachusetts

watercolor and sumi ink on paper, 2018

Fake I.D.

ink on paper, 2017

Car Service

watercolor and sumi ink on paper, 2018

The Dishwasher

acrylic and ink on paper, 2017

Red Pill, Blue Pill

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

The Suburbs

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Birthday Party

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Location Services

watercolor and ink on paper, 2018

Ice Cream Truck

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

West Dennis, Massachusetts

watercolor and ink on paper, 2018

Firewood Collision

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Roberts Avenue

watercolor and ink on paper, 2018

Dirty Water Dogs

colored pencils and ink on paper, 2017

Instafoodie

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Ear Buds

watercolor and ink on paper, 2017

Fast Food

Goauche and ink on paper, 2017

The Grocery Shopper

ink on paper, 2017

Puddles

Sometimes you have to go backwards to move forward. In the case of the “Puddles” series, you have to look down to look up.

New York City has always been a place where people rarely look up. Hurriedly moving from place to place, there is no time to look up and see the cavernous beauty of the city. However, after it rains, the sidewalks and gutters of New York are transformed into moving mirrors that both reflect the city’s immense beauty and expose its deep faults. Puddles formed from the decaying city streets reflect the city’s buildings and skyscrapers while the photographs record both the dirtiest part of the city with it’s most majestic. This duality is a reflection of New York City itself, a melting pot of old and new, rich and poor, disgusting and immaculate, concrete and illusion, that is constantly evolving. The image represented in the photographs is really an inverse of the cityscape; an alternate reality created from simply turning upside down. Since the puddles themselves will eventually evaporate, the street will collect debris, the buildings will be replaced with more buildings, the photographs can never be recreated or exactly reproduced.

"Mind on Loup" Drawings

This project started while I was working as a server and bartender at the Cafe Loup in Manhattan. The project itself lasted from 2009 until 2015 and was a collaboration between myself and Tim Farnham, as well as other contributors. While we were working at this busy downtown cafe, we would draw these pictures in our down time to distract ourselves from annoying co-workers or just to pass the time.

The drawings were all drawn on what was called a “triple dupe pad,” which was a book of paper in triplicate that we used to take orders and send to the kitchen. Because of this, the dupe pads were in constant use by the staff and would accumulate stains or pen marks that could be incorporated into the drawings. Sometimes, if the paper ran out, they would be thrown out and many drawings were lost in this fashion. Other times, co-workers and even guests would add to the drawings, and over time, the project became a true collaboration between the restaurant and me.

As the years went by, the drawings started taking on a life of their own so I started taking them out of the restaurant to add color to them digitally, thus creating what you see here.

Holga 135

Always interested in the accidental and chaos, the Holga 135 camera is the perfect tool to create surreal photographs. The random nature of both the camera and working with film, the Holga 135 camera almost guarantees that you can never be sure what you will end up with once you develop the film.

I try to use this unplanned and indiscriminate nature to create photography that is both eerie and playful. The quality of the film renders the image difficult to place within time and place, leaving the viewer to decide when and what they are looking at.

'38 Packard

2017

Hawaiian Horse

2017

Williamsburg Bridge

2018

Blossom

2018

Disconnected

2017

Shoes on Wire

2017

Lanikai Beach

2017

Williamsburg Bridge (Light)

2018

Greenwood Cemetary Angel

2018

59th Street Bridge

2016

Rockaway Taco Spot

2017

Motorcycle Helmet

2017

Delancey Street Leggings

2016

Flower Re-arrangement 1

2017

Tacos & Beer

2017

Burger in the Woods

2013

Camera

2017

McCarren Park Construction 1

2018

Cold Beer Cocktails

2017

Bushwick Collective 2014

2017

Flower Re-Arrangment 2

2018

Fence

2017

Skaneateles, N.Y.

2017

Mount Washington Viewing Platform

2012

Hobart 1

2012

Bahamas

2012

Willie in Repose

2018

MyTee Art

MyTee Art makes original art out of your old tee shirts!

All of these pieces are for sale at my Etsy shop and at my Handmade shop.

Do you have a favorite shirt that you can no longer wear? T-shirts are great reminders of great memories. Maybe it's from a concert you went to years ago, maybe it's the shirt you were wearing when you got engaged. You wore it so much that it got holes in it, or maybe you just grew out of it.

Now you can keep that shirt forever as a piece of art!

I make art out of old tee shirts! I didn't want to throw out all of my favorite tee shirts that I can no longer wear. So, instead of keeping them in boxes where I would only see them every once and a while, I turned them into art that I could hang on my wall and enjoy all the time.

Send me your favorite shirts that you can't wear anymore (it's ok if they are full of holes or faded but please make sure they are clean). I will turn them into a one-of-a-kind piece of art!

(When it comes to sizing, I will do my best to incorporate all of the important parts, unless you specify otherwise. See the pre-made ones for examples.)

Dreidel

Dreidel is an illustrated children’s book made exclusively for the app Mibblio. Illustrated by Jeremy Haines for the song “Dreidel” sung by Erran Baron Cohen.

Jenny Balloons

Jenny Balloons is a children’s book written and illustrated by Jeremy Haines for the app, Mibblio.

“Jenny has been crafting things out of balloons all her life. She twists and ties till she has animals, dresses, even a car! Wait until you see what her biggest creation is in this colorful story.” -Mibblio

Exclamation Nation!

Exclamation Nation! is a children’s book written and illustrated by Jeremy Haines for the app, Mibblio.

“The mayor thinks up a plan to make his town the happiest around—by writing everything with exclamation points! But the town soon realizes that there is more than one way to use an exclamation point…” -Mibblio

Wibblesmacks!

Wibblesmacks is a children’s book written and illustrated by Jeremy Haines for the app Mibblio.

“The wibblesmacks are bored of eating liver for dinner! They go to find something else to eat. And there starts the wibblesmacks' silly adventure to find some frizzlefish with the help of a wobblecat and a purple whale.”

"Don't Eat the Worms!"

“Don’t Eat the Worms!” is a children’s book written by Deborah Haines and illustrated by Jeremy Haines.

When a near-sighted fish knocks the frog off of her lilly pad, she decides to help the fish find a pair of glasses.

Video Art

These videos were made for the live performances of Project Jenny, Project Jan. They were projected behind the band to create a moving light show that enhanced the concert-going experience. Most of them are created from original content, while others employ found footage to create surreal dreamscapes. All songs can can be found here on iTunes

Project Jenny, Project Jan

Made up of programmer/keyboardist Sammy Rubin and vocalist Jeremy Haines, Project Jenny, Project Jan spans a surprising musical range, from the sinister beats of “320” to the feel good “HJIH”; from the singalong swing of “Brooklyn” to the expansive Bollywood feel of “The Dialogue.” One thing remains constant, however: Their kinetic energy, which inspired Billboard to call Project Jenny, Project Jan’s live show a “shockingly dynamic, danceable, and hilarious affair.” Vanity Fair called the band “awesome” and enthusiastically recommended its show “to anyone with functional knee and elbow joints.” Meanwhile, Gothamist solemnly observed, “This is a band that should be taken seriously.” The duo’s originality impressed Ear Farm enough to name Project Jenny, Project Jan one of its top ten bands to watch out for in 2008. Sure enough, that year Project Jenny, Project Jan was featured in the film Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist, performing their rowdy crowd-pleaser “Negative.”